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No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.

Mae West

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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
Actor
Actress
Autobiographer
Comedian
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Playwright
Screenwriter
Singer
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Brooklyn
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Mary Jane West
Jane West
Witty
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Everything
Trying
Sarcastic

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Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love--that's not so bad either.
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I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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It's not what you say, but how you say it!
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I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.
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The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood.
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It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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I have never loved a man as much as I have loved myself
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Live close, visit often.
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When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.
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I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
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Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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You are never too old to become younger!
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